Today in the News: Malaysia PM won't say people on missing flight are dead

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Posted Apr. 24, 2014 at 8:00 PM

Posted Apr. 24, 2014 at 8:00 PM

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"At some point in time I would be, but right now I think I need to take into account the feelings of the next of kin -- and some of them have said publicly that they aren't willing to accept it until they find hard evidence." - Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak, talking to CNN about declaring the passengers aboard missing Flight 370 dead. Razak says it's "hard to imagine otherwise," but he won't declare it officially until evidence is found. Meanwhile, the country will release a report on the missing flight next week.

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